This document discusses teenage pregnancy, including global statistics showing that millions of girls become pregnant each year before age 18. In the Philippines, teenage pregnancy rates are among the highest in the world. The document identifies factors that can lead to teenage pregnancy such as peer pressure, lack of sexual education, poverty, and exposure to explicit media. Health risks for pregnant teenagers include premature birth, low birthweight babies, and emotional/mental health issues. The document discusses preventive practices like comprehensive sexuality education and counseling in schools. It provides counseling questions and promotes proper prenatal care. Interventions addressed include keeping teenage mothers in school and new legislation supporting reproductive health.

1. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Untangling the
Cause and Effect
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3. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Objectives:
• Global and Philippine burden
• Causes including its social determinants
• Effects and complications
• Practices in preventing teenage pregnancy
• Moving forward

4. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Global Statistics
7.3MiLLioNGiRLS
become pregnant before 18 each year

5. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Global Statistics
2.5MiLLioNGiRLS
aged 15 or younger give birth each year

6. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Global Statistics
HaLfof PREGNaNciES
among girls aged 15-19 living in developing
regions are unintended

7. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Global Statistics
2NdhiGhEStcaUSEof dEath
pregnancy and childbirth complications
for girls aged 15 to 19

8. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Global Statistics
3MiLLioNGiRLS
undergo unsafe abortions every year

9. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
in the Philippines
oNEof thEhiGhESttEEN
PREGNaNcYRatESiNthEWoRLd
every hour, 24 babies are born to teenage mothers

10. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
in the Philippines
ONEiNTENYoUNGFiLiPiNoWoMEN
age 15 to 19 is already a mother or
pregnant with first child

11. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
in the Philippines
ONEiNTENYoUNGFiLiPiNoWoMEN
age 15 to 19 is already a mother or
pregnant with first child

12. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
in the Philippines
43%aREaLREadYMothERS
among young adult women age 20 to 24

13. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
in the Philippines
oNEiNfivE(19%)YoUNGadULt
WoMENaGE18to24YEaRS
initiated their sexual activity before age 18

14. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
in the Philippines

15. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
in the Philippines

16. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Causes and Effects

17. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Factors
• peer pressure, drugs and substance abuse
leading to compromised decisions;
• irresponsible sexual behavior that
frequently occurs in youth who do not have
basic information about sex and
contraception;
• early marriage and child bearing among
adolescent females;

18. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Factors
• problems in parent-child relationship,
poverty and material deprivation that may
push young people into survival sex in
exchange for money and food;
• exposure to suggestive or explicit media,
films, magazines, music that may influence
adolescent sexual behavior, causing them to
engage in sexual activity before they are
ready; and

19. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Factors
• failure to comply with religious principles
and commandments prescribed by religious
ethics.

20. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Behavioral causes
• Engagement in unprotective sex
• Engagement in sex with multiple partners
• Transactional or commercial sex

21. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Health risks for pregnant teenagers
• premature births
• babies born with a lower birth weight
• problems with breastfeeding
• anemia, or low iron levels, during pregnancy
• high blood pressure
• emotional and mental health problems
• substance misuse

22. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Effects

23. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Preventive Practices
• Personal values about sex and abstinence
• Perception of peer norms and sexual
behavior
• Knowledge of sexual issues, HIV, other STDs,
and pregnancy (including methods of
prevention)
• Perception of HIV risk

24. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Preventive Practices
• Attitudes towards
condoms
• Individual ability to
refuse sex and to
use condoms

25. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Preventive Practices
SEXUALITYEDUCA
TION
Aims to:
• make young people like and respect
themselves;
• help learners see sexuality as a natural and
positive part of life;
• teach skills to make informed and
responsible decisions; and
• explore different values and attitudes.

26. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Preventive Practices
PROTECTIVEF
ACTORS
• Intent to abstain from sex or limit number
of partners.
• Communication with parents or other
adults about sex, condoms and
contraception.
• Individual’s ability to avoid HIV/STD risk and
risk behaviors.

27. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Preventive Practices
PROTECTIVEF
ACTORS
• Avoidance of places and situations that
might lead to sex.
• Intent to use a condom.

28. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Interventions

29. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Interventions
TEENaGEPREGNaNcY iNSchooLS

30. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Interventions
TEENaGEPREGNaNcY iNSchooLS
"In public schools, it may not be a policy to kick out
students, but there are schools which automatically
kick out children who get pregnant, and
automatically also destroy their lives. And this is
where the enrichment comes in. You have a right to
go back to school, you have a right to be treated
humanely“.
DepEd Secretary Leonor Briones

31. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Interventions
COUNSELLINGiNSchooLS
• Department of Education prohibiting the
penalizing of students in public schools
because of pregnancy.
• The school should have a designated
guidance counselor.

32. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Interventions
COUNSELLINGiNSchooLS
What you should do:
• Greet the adolescent in a cordial manner.
• Explain to the adolescent that:
 you are there to help them, and that you
will do your best to understand and
respond to their needs and problems;
 you would like them to communicate
with you freely and without hesitation;
WHO: Adolescent Job Aid 2010

33. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Interventions
COUNSELLINGiNSchooLS
What you should do:
 they should feel at ease and not be afraid
because you will not say or do anything
that negatively affects them;
 you want them to decide how much they
would like to involve their parents or
others;
WHO: Adolescent Job Aid 2010

34. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Interventions
COUNSELLINGiNSchooLS
What you should do:
 you will not share with their parents or
anyone else any information that they
have entrusted you with, unless they give
you the permission to do so.
WHO: Adolescent Job Aid 2010

35. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Interventions
COUNSELLINGiNSchooLS
What you should do:
• If the adolescent is accompanied by an
adult, in their presence, explain to the
accompanying adult that:
 you want to develop a good working
relationship with the adolescent. At
some stage you may need some time to
speak to the adolescent alone.
WHO: Adolescent Job Aid 2010

36. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Interventions
COUNSELLINGQUEStioNS
• Have your periods started yet? If so, how
old were you when your periods started?
• Have you learned about sexuality at school,
at home or elsewhere?
• Depending on the context, ask whether
their friends have boyfriends/girlfriends,
and then whether they do so themselves.
WHO: Adolescent Job Aid 2010

37. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Interventions
COUNSELLINGQUEStioNS
• Again depending on the context, ask
whether their friends have had sex, and
then whether they have done so
themselves. Probe about penetrative sex,
e.g. “Does he touch your genitals only?”
and “Does he put his penis in your
vagina/mouth?”)
WHO: Adolescent Job Aid 2010

38. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Interventions
COUNSELLINGQUEStioNS
Reproductive health questions:
• Do you know how one could get pregnant?
• Do you know how one could avoid getting
pregnant?
• Are you currently trying to avoid getting
pregnant?
• If so, what do you do to avoid getting
pregnant?
WHO: Adolescent Job Aid 2010

39. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Interventions
COUNSELLINGQUEStioNS
Reproductive health questions:
• Do you know about contraceptive
methods?
• If so, do you use any contraceptive method?
• Have you had sex in the last month?
• Is your period delayed? Have you missed a
period?
WHO: Adolescent Job Aid 2010

40. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Interventions
COUNSELLINGQUEStioNS
Reproductive health questions:
• Do you have any of the following symptoms
of pregnancy: nausea or vomiting in the
morning, and swollen and sore breasts?
• When was the last time you had sex?
WHO: Adolescent Job Aid 2010

41. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Interventions
COUNSELLINGQUEStioNS
Sexually active adolescents:
• Do you know what a sexually transmitted
infection is?
• Do you do anything to avoid getting a
sexually transmitted infection?
• How many sexual partners have you had in
last three months?
WHO: Adolescent Job Aid 2010

42. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Interventions
COUNSELLINGQUEStioNS
Sexually active adolescents:
• Do you know about condoms? Do you use
them when you have sex? If so, do you use
them always? If not, why not? Where do you
get condoms?
• Have you ever had an infection: genital sore,
ulcer, swelling or discharge?
• If so, have you received any treatment for this?
WHO: Adolescent Job Aid 2010

43. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Interventions
COUNSELLINGQUEStioNS
Adolescents who are pregnant:
• Where will you live?
• Will you stay in school?
• Who will help you take care of your baby?
• Will the baby’s father be involved? How
about your parents and his family?
• Where will you and your baby get
healthcare?
WHO: Adolescent Job Aid 2010

44. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Interventions
COUNSELLINGQUEStioNS
• How will you handle money?
• How soon do you plan to have another
baby?
WHO: Adolescent Job Aid 2010

45. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Interventions
PRoMotEPRoPERPRENataLcaRE
• Seek prenatal care.
• Get tested for sexually transmitted
infections (STIs).
• Eat a healthy diet.
• Stay physically active.
• Gain weight wisely.
• Avoid risky substances.
WHO: Adolescent Job Aid 2010

46. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Interventions
ISSUES foRPaRENtS
• Parents may experience shock,
disappointment, anxiety, anger and
sometimes a sense of guilt or responsibility.
• There may be a loss of their dreams for
their daughter (or son).
• Some of the choices available could go
against parents' values.

47. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Interventions
ISSUES foRPaRENtS
• If their daughter does not tell them for a
long time, there can be considerable
disappointment that she feared their
response so much.
• There may be concerns about what friends
and other family members think.

48. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Interventions
LEGiSLatioNS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10354
"The Responsible Parenthood and
Reproductive Health Act of 2012″

49. TEENAGEPREGNANCY:
Untangling the
Cause and Effect
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